NCBiotech News

North Carolina is taking the next big step as a global life sciences leader with our submission of a Phase 2 proposal for a major federal Economic Development Administration Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant.

Amgen, which pioneered the use of recombinant DNA technology four decades ago, has broken ground on a $550 million manufacturing plant in Holly Springs.

Business leaders and legislators met at Pitt Community College last week to discuss the college's expanding efforts to grow a skilled regional pharmaceutical manufacturing workforce.

RTP's Biomason has raised $65 million in Series C financing to accelerate development of its technology for growing biocement with bacteria.

Here's an overview of some of the life sciences action that continues to build economic momentum in Wilmington and throughout Southeastern North Carolina.

If you're interested in learning more about the state’s growing biomanufacturing field, mark your calendar for Thursday, Feb. 17 when NCBiotech will host BPD’s BioGrow: Training and Education Across North Carolina.

By 2025, life sciences companies in North Carolina will fill more than 5,000 new jobs as companies such as FUJIFILM Diosynth and Merck expand their facilities and other companies relocate to the state. 

Wake Tech Community College recently launched a campaign, Building Tomorrow’s Talent, seeking industry partners to support the new biotech building on its RTP campus.

The Yield, a life sciences campus focusing on biomanufacturing, office and lab space with retail amenities, is about to get an official groundbreaking on 200 acres in Holly Springs.

Life sciences-related expansions, relocations or new facilities representing almost $4 billion in investment and 4,800 jobs were announced across the state in 2021.

NCBiotech and a statewide coalition of partners are a Phase 1 recipient of up to $500,000 in the U.S. EDA’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

Medicago, a Canadian biopharmaceutical company with manufacturing operations in Durham, is reporting positive results from a Phase 3 clinical trial of its potential COVID-19 vaccine made in plants.

Thermo Fisher Scientific says is planning to build a 375,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Mebane that will create 150 to 200 jobs, with help from a $192.5 million federal contract.

GreenLight Biosciences, which has a growing research and development presence in Research Triangle Park, has announced additional financing on its journey to becoming a publicly traded company

Cleanroom design and construction company AdvanceTEC has announced it will invest $10 million in a new prefabrication and modularization facility in Johnston County.